Some 361 high-rise buildings in England are still covered in dangerous Grenfell Tower-style cladding more than 18 months after the disaster, official figures show. The latest data from the Ministry of ...

Tower Hamlets said it is the first council in the country to bring a legal action of this kind against a freeholder of a private building (Alamy/PA) A London council said it has taken legal action ...

The final report of the Grenfell Inquiry has highlighted the fact that millions of homes and offices around the world could be encased in combustible cladding and insulation panels. Lucy Barnard looks ...

As of yesterday, $250 Million is available to private owners of tower blocks in the U.K. to replace cladding at risk of catching fire. The government fund is for towers that use the aluminum composite ...

On 21 December 2018 the government’s promised ban on the use of aluminium composite (ACM) cladding on residential buildings came into force. Paul Tonkin answers some key questions. The ban does not ...

A London council said it has taken legal action against building owners to demand they remove Grenfell-style cladding in what it described as the first case of its kind. Tower Hamlets Council said it ...

Three and a half years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, the UK is still battling with the repercussions. The “cladding crisis”, sparked by the identification of fire safety defects in other buildings, ...

In the latest report on cladding removal by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), the government has said that it has taken, or is set to enforce action on 15 high rise ...